Single-engine piston

N2BJ

Homebuilt Wittman Tailwind W-8

Not current (FAA status 2) No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

001

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Lycoming O-290 series

Status

Not current (FAA status 2)

Registered owner

—

Based

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Registration record

N2BJ on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt Wittman Tailwind W-8

Serial

001

Engines

Lycoming O-290 series

Registered owner

—

Certificate issued

—

Airworthiness date

1989-08-15

Registration expires

—

Airworthiness class

Experimental · amateur-built

Mode S (hex)

A18D73

Mode S (octal)

50306563

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Not current (FAA status 2)

Registry history

Timeline

2013-08-15
N2BJ previously assigned to a Vertical Unlimited 12 (s/n 297); cancelled.
1989-08-15
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).

Overview

About N2BJ

N2BJ is a Homebuilt Wittman Tailwind W-8, serial number 001.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-290 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated August 15, 1989.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N2BJ. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2011-08-20 Accident · Kansas City, MO Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · CEN11LA582

Reported aircraft: Vertical Unlimited 12 — a different aircraft that carried the N2BJ registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: The pilot's impairment during an aerobatic airshow performance for reasons that could not be determined based on available information, which resulted in an in-flight loss of airplane control.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.